India
BJP running away from real issues-Congress
Bangalore | Friday, May 16 2008 IST
Senior Congress leader K H Srinivas today said the BJP was diverting the attention of the people of Karnataka during the elections by taking up issues like Ram Sethu and terrorism keeping aside local issues. Speaking to reporters here he said BJP leaders Arun Jaitly and Venkaiah Naidu in their campaign, were only resorting to 'escapism' by not touching the real issues like their coalition relations and main differences with JD(S). Questioning how Ram Sethu could become an issue for the people of the state during this election, he said the BJP was running away from answering the vital issues concerning the state. Another leader of the party L Hanumantaiah said Congress also condemned the violence reported on the eve of the election in some parts of the state. Alleging that the mining and real estate lobbies were responsible for this violence, he said they wanted to create terror among people and discourage them from taking active part in the election process. In Bellary, former minister and BJP candidate Sriramulu had attacked a Congress worker and this was the first instance in the history of the state where a candidate attacked a worker of another party. He cited the attacks on Congress candidate in Mangalore North constituency and worker in Indi, yesterday. -- (UNI) -- 16MS15.xml
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